Show r Ogden r Saturday Feixuary 7 1987 3ft Sport ganger Couples ibad in Hawaii HONOLULU Hawaii (AP) — r? y v Jack Renner who has a history Bernhard Langer left his driver in of strong play in this event was ' the bag on the way to an within one of the top spot after - 64 that lifted him into a nine then to a struggled lie with Fred Couples for the lead the back and finished at Friday after the second round ' the $600000 Hawaiian of Open Golf Tournament carried it around just to jshow off” joked the West Ger- man star who completed two over the Waialae Country Club course in 134 10 strokes under par Langer said he used a off most tees because “I’m hitting itpretty good and I just wanted —to keep it in play” The strategy helped produce tbe best round of the tournament e a effort that included one string of four consecutive ""“He was tied with Couples who "''shot a 65 while playing in the "iime threesome with Langer for birdie on 'Couples the 18th hole missing a eagle putt that would have given him 29 on the back nine r7The trade winds freshened in the afternoon and became gusty sending the late ’starters sliding down the leader board :::and blustery : Tom Watson for example was within three shots under par at the turn but backed away in the tricky winds He finished with a 71 and a shots back 138 total four 38 on And Corey Pavin the defending champion and leader blew to a 75 — 10 shots higher than his opening round — and a 140 total Those various misadventures left Larry Mize alone in second at 135 with Paul Azinger at 136 two off the pace Azinger who won his first PGA Tour event in Phoenix last month and Mize both played in the relative calm of the morning and each had a 66 Langer despite using a off the tee reached three of the s in two and birdied all of on the them dropping a from 80 final hole He feet on two of the long holes and missed a eagle putt on the other “I putted extremely well at least for me” said Langer who started a string of four consecutive birdies with 8 foot putts on the seventh and eighth After birdie on the ninth he a to six feet and birdhit an ied the 10th aces Mayotte 26 ranked 14th in the world last year will next play Srejber in one of Saturday’s sem- is Mansdorf 21 who has won s:once in his pro career meets McEnroe has moved through Mayotte ’‘''In jJjg £jnaj Qf tournament with a '‘ToUrtfr seeded John McEnroe had ’ the vi an: ea$y time beating Jakob Hla- - bye and triumphs over South Africa’s Gary Muller and American " sek of Switzerland 2 Ben Testerman ' Srejber featured a Mansdorf an Israeli Davis Cup in eliminating powerful serve and Olympian reached the seeded Connors' Earlier player d with a bye Tim Mayotte and Israel’s Amos quarters and victories over Martin BlacktoMansdorf also advanced to man of the US and Jan day’s semifinal of Sweden f V ' The fifth seeded Mayotte who Mayotte an American now reached the final of this event last leads Annacone in their cayear only to default to Ivan Lendl reer confrontations s because of pulled stomach It was the second victory for 4 won his quarterfinal Mansdorf over Novacek in three Paul Annacone over career meetings The 16th seeded Mansdorf reached the round of-- - Mansdorf s best on the tour is a vi3 (bur with a 67 at Johannesbug championship ctory over Karel Novacek of and the semifinal at Tel Aviv Czechoslovakia both last year He ranked 39th in Srejber 23 won the first set the world in 1986 and earned' j $128831 Connors from the in the second : but fell behind Mayotte took the first set - of the match a in Connors held against Annacone with break He rallied to o lead The 1th game for a his serve for 5 and Srcbjcr his the shot a was winner passing game for 6 sending it into a seven that left Annacone sprawled on point tiebreaker the court The ninth seeded Czech who wears size 13': shoes then won in the secHe fell behind seven straight points in the tieond set but won 16 of the next breaker to oust the 18 points to close out the match Connors in straight sets V" V From Srejber won 4 of 8 Novacek won the first set 6 points including the seven in the tiebreaker after the two in a tiebreaker and served six aces The service to followed served I’ve was best the “This lead in the tieCzech took a in my life” Srejber said in the breaker before Mansdorf scored 27th was ranked Srejber ' world last year and Connors his only point Novacek finished the job with a love game for eighth and then fired his eighth ace of “It was the best I’ve played in the set for the final point “I'm said lucky my life" Srejber Mansdorf came back to win to be in the semifinal” with a break £srcjber had 22 service winners the second set to- Connors’ nine and won the of Novacek in the fourth game match by rushing the net 50 He won from deuce by forcing Novacek into a pair of backhand limes to 12 for the veteran Srejber also had nine errors i- l ns Associated Lanny Wadkins Steve Jones Scott Simpson and Curt Byrum were tied with Renner at 137 Jones had a 67 Simpson Wad-kiand Byrum 68s Czech power serve squashes Connors in US: indoor semis V” PHILADELPHIA (AP) — ’Czechoslovakia’s Milan Srejber v 6 upset Jimmy Connors Friday night to advance to the semifinal round of the £465000 US Indoor Pro Tennis Tournament Golfers love to hate Pete Dye By ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Pete Dye has been called diabolical unfair unrelenting compassionless and devious — all by golfers who can’t wait to play his next course Picasso worked his imaginative wizardry on canvas Dye performs his on an untamed piece of California desert an apparently worthless plot of Florida swampland a chunk of Pennsylvania hillside Dye is probably the country’s most controversial and innovative architect designer and builder of championship golf courses Dye’s cast of characters and coconspirators includes sons PB and Perry and among them they have built some of the world’s most beautiful and challenging monuments to the sport Dye’s credits include the breathtaking Tournament Players Club Sawgrass course in Ponte Vedra Fla TPC courses in Hartford Conn and La Quinta Calif and courses in diverse locations such as Hilton Head SC Austin Texas Chattanooga Tenn and Coraopolis Pa TPC West course in Dye’s was the subject of controversy during the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic when many pros complained it was unfairly difficult Several PGA Tour Policy Board members said the course may be dropped from the tour next year Former US Open champion Jerry Pate defended Dye’s design saying: “They want ed to build the most difficult course in the world and maybe they did” It is not unusual for the Dye family of Delray Beach Fla to be in various stages of design and construction on a dozen courses at a time Yet the real estate developers and country club owners who hire E)ye marvel at his ability to be everywhere at once “We had some of the designers in the country look at our property including Arnold Palmer and they all wanted more money yet wouldn’t have given us the imaginative course that Pete Dye is” said Chris Marnelos project manager for the new Montour Heights Country Club in suburban Pittsburgh “His design was bold innovative and Pete has flown in to review our progress many more times than we contracted for” Marnelos said “Everything is first class on a Pete Dye course” Montour Heights pro Dave Snyder said “He is very professional always has a pipe in his mouth is very scholarly You can picture him as a professor of chemical biology at Northwestern University His courses are magnificent from tee to green everything you could want in a course" And often more island green the Dye’s startling par-17th hole on the Sawgrass course has become one of the holes in the world Yet its design exhibits the literally 11111! r: : Astociated Nancy Lopez shot Competition tough at defending to win the title today in the concluding segment of the NationFigure Skating Championships That's not surprising She’s also the current world for her provocative champion and widely admired is that she skating routines Hut what is surprising has competition Jill Trenary who placed only fifth in last year’s Nationals is close behind in second place after r ri And Tiffany competition djy‘ o Friday figure-skatin- Chin who took a fourth in the Olympics third place and not without a chance The three will compete in the freestyle competition today skating a routine set to music which accounts for 50 percent of a skater’s in 1984 is score The top three finishers will represent the United States in next month’s World Figure Skating Championships in Cincinnati and could well represent the United States at the 1988 Olympics For Trenary to take first would require a small miracle Thomas a sophomore at Stanford University is skating brilliantly 6ay skating experts approach that Dye and Co use to build courses so beautiful they often find their way onto picture postcards “The hole was designed along the edge of a lake and when they were digging the peninsula it rained very hard and flooded” PB Eye said “My dad saw the water surround the green and said ’Gentlemen we’re going to have an island green’ It wasn’t by design it was an act of God” Other Dye designs have been accused of having more Satanic roots His trademark railroad ties water bunkers sloping fairways and amphitheater-styl-e spectator holes have been cussed and disalike cussed by pros and “When we build courses we don’t work ’with fancy computer designs or expensive models” Dye said “I’d rather work with a bulldozer That’s where I do my creating And it’s hard for somebody to get in your way when you’re sitting on top of a bulldozer” Like other top designers such as Palmer Jack Nicklaus Robert Trent Jones and Donald Roth Dye’s courses require accuracy length — and luck Hackers don’t receive any perverse satisfaction from the fact the Dyes play their own courses Pete is a superb golfer and PB once qualified for the US Amateur “Golf is our whole life" PB Dye said “As long as I can remember our whole life has been golf golf golf Lopez ties for lead in Sarasota Classic - By MICHAEL BAMBCRCCR Arwjhl NripipO' TACOMA Wash — Dcbi Thomas the 'national champion will be the favorite Press PB Dye partner and son of Pete Dye at the future site of Montour Heights Country Club in Pennsylvania Pfs Fla (AP) — Cathy Morse (73) were next at 3 SARASOTA Nancy Lopez who needs one under 141 more victory to qualify for the Kathy Postlewait winner of Mazda g last week’s LPGA Hall of Fame shot a 66 Friday to make up a Gassic was among five golfers at deficit and tie Chris 142 while 1986 Player of the Johnson for the lead after two Year Pat Bradley was among a rounds in the $200000 Sarasota group at 143 field of Classic t Seventy players in the 144 pros survived the cut of The 148 performance was the best of the LPGA season for Lopez who shot a 73 in ThursLopez the 1985 Player of the day’s opening round started on Year who missed most of the the back nine of the Bent Tree 1986 tour to have a baby course she regards as one of her She has 34 career victories in favorites on the tour She birdied 10 seasons as a professional and No 13 with a putt and on the 14th then sank a needs No 35 to qualify for automatic inclusion in the tour’s Hall hole of Fame Accomplishing that goal She then made her move for in Sarasota would be special bethe lead on the front nine Birdies cause Lopez won her first title on No and No 3 both from 8 here in 1978 feet pushed her further up the “It would be nice” said Lopez leader board Lopez suffered her who finished the day with a only bogey on No 8 when she 139 total of missed a putt “When I won my first it was a The damage was minimal very emotional time for me" she added “My mother had just however because she had birdied ofT passed away and I think to win it No 7 and took another stroke here and get into the Hall of par on No 9 to complete the note a on a round be would Fame positive special feeling" leader Johnson the “I hit the ball a lot better today Thursday after shooting 67 on the than I did yesterday" said Lopez 6124ryard course at Bent Tree who won five tournaments and Country Club retained a share of $416472 in 1985 when she was the lead with a 72 that featured the LPGA’s Player of the Year two birdies and two bogeys Jane Gcddes and Kathy Baker Lopez 30 attributed her best 68 66 of the young LPGA season and who shot respectively round trailed the by one shot to a trip to the practice tee with totals of her husband major league basewith 140 Terry Jo Myers (67) and ball player Ray Knight g In her short routine Friday Thomas dazzled the judges and spectators with a program that Peggy Fleming the 1968 Olympic gold medal winner called “groundbreaking" “She’s taking chances and it’s working" Tleming said Thomas described the program as “rocked-out- " And despite recent minor but ragging physical ailments she said she was skating well Trenary 18 of Minnetonka Minn has a distinct and colorful style of her own She sized up her chances by saying “It’s just a freestyle competition Nationals now It’s whoever skates best in the freestyle For the past week Tacoma 20 miles south of Seattle has been overrun with officials and judges from the US Figure Skating Association competitive skaters and their competitive parents The parents are easy to identify They wear bright orange tags wiih the word “chaperone" printed across them But even without the tags the parents would be easy to identify Skating mothers are the ones scurrying across hotel lobbies carrying stacks of costumes draped over their arms Skating fathers arc a couple of steps behind lugging bulky skate bags over their shoulders |